Improvement in cotton-presses



LM. BROOKS, Jr.

Cotton-Presses. L No, 136,697, v Patented MarchH,1873.

' Witness UNITED STATES JAMES M. BROOKS, JR.,

OF GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,697, dated March 11, 1873.

. of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Presses; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in th construction and arrangement of a cotton-press, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use thesame, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my press. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same part in section, and Fig. 3 shows a foot in which the gudgeon of the press works.

A represents a bar or beam, supported by means of two legs, 13 B, at each end. These legs are at their upper ends provided with straps to a, passing over tenons b bformed on the ends of the bar A, and the legs are braced by rods 0 O, as shown. D represents a hollow casting let in and secured to the under side of the bar A, in the center thereof, and into said casting is inserted the square upper end of a nut, '01, and fastened by pins 0 c. This nut passes through a cross-bar, E, and has a flange,f, at its lower end, to fit against the under side of the bar. That part of the nut (I which goes through the bar E is round,-so that the bar can readily turn around the same. Over each end of the bar E passes an endless metal strap, G, which binds a frame composed of two horizontal bars, H H, and two vertical bars, I I, the horizontal bars at the lower ends of the two frames being connected by a bottom cross-bar, E, running parallel with the top cross-bar E; and upon the same lower horizontal bars, at the bottom of the two frames, is laid a platform, J; This platform supports the bale-box K, which is held in the frames H I by bars L L, as shown. From the center of the lower cross-bar E a gudgeon, h, projects downward, and is to rest in the center of a cross, M, and turn in the same. Nrepresents the follower of the'press, to which is firmly attached the screw O, said screw passing through the nut 11 and up through the center of the bar A.

This press is built without any tenons or mortises'; it is convenient, strong, and. cheap, and operates by turning the box, or, if the box is made stationary, by turning the bar A.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire ,to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The frame for holding the bale-box, constructed as described, each side formed of the bars H H and I I, surrounded by a metal strap, G, and the two sides connected by the bars E and E, all substantially as herein set forth.

2. The exterior frame or support, consisting of the beam A with tenons b b, the legs B B with staples a a, and the brace-rods O 0, all substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my. hand this 9th day of January, 1873.

JAMES M. BROOKS, J R.

Witnesses: v

THOS. W. THURMAN, SAMUEL F. GREY. 

